Is my scale broken?

have you eaten today? have you had anything to drink today?

..your weight fluctuates every time you put food in your body. don't get on the scale more than once in a day. weigh in the morning, after you've used the bathroom and before you eat. that should be the only time you get on the scale.

Weigh in the morning, right after waking up and going to the bathroom. I tend to bounce up and down 3-5lbs during the day. Depends on my water intake, food, ect.

That 4 lb difference is pretty normal for me. Even more fascinating, there's a 1-2 lb difference between the time I get up in the middle of the night to pee and my weight on awakening in the morning. As others have said, that 1st thing in the morning weight is our lowest for the day.

Were you completely naked, or wearing the same clothes as the last time? When you work out, you drop weight because you sweat, and if you dont, you are not exercising right. I will bike for 2 hours, and have changed 3lbs when I get done. Then, you will eat and drink things after your workout. Especially dinner. The body knows that it is going into hibernation, so it will use that food sparingly, until it gets breakfast in the morning (it is like an internal clock). what goes up must come down.....and what goes in, well most of it must come out. Until it does, it is weight in your body. One time I jumped 1.5 lbs just eating dinner (I weighed before and after, was kinda funny). As they say...measure in morning, after the morning wood and before breakfast....youll do fine.

Do yourself a favor and throw the scale away and do not buy another one. It will relieve 90% of dieting stress. It's just a number. Go off measurements, the way you feel, and the way your clothes are fitting.

Stepped on it at 5pm, shortly after walking weighed 282.40

Stepped on it 5 minutes ago at 11:30pm, weighted 286.00

Is this possible?

can you gain 4 pounds in a day?

My scales does the same, I weight after the toilet and then again about 5 mins later and my weight changes by about 3 llbs some times, Im sure its all the blood falling back down after you have been lying down for 8 hours lol.

Pff, I've gained 15 lbs in a day, no joke. Just weigh once, at the same time, under the same circumstances .

It's not fat. For it to be fat, you'd have to overeat by 14,000 calories in a single day.

It's likely your dinner and beverages. In the morning, you'll probably weigh less than you did at 5 pm.

Last night, I weighed 209.4. This morning, I weighed 206.8.

To know whether you are making progress, weigh yourself each morning when you wake up. Better yet, do it every Sunday morning before you eat-- once a week.

Weight changes throughout the day weigh yourself at the same time each time you weigh

I even noticed on mine that when I got up at about 5 am and got on the scale just for fun...then a couple hours later when I was actually up for the day, that there was about a 2 pound weight loss on the second reading...you know which one I kept!